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Welsh is not very widely spoken. I take the point that some people learn languages for their beauty rather than their reach, and therefore understand that it’s possible to disagree with me. I would go as far as to say I am completely down with being disagreed with. >>
I still think learning a not-very-widely-spoken language is a lot of effort for low reward. It does not follow that I hate Wales, the Welsh, the Welsh language or its speakers. I do not hate performative offence-takers, though I’ve muted a few. I do not even hate cottage cheese
it came in a paragraph where you were describing something as 'existentially pointless' though, which made the joke appear quite loaded. A few things: 550,000 speakers in Wales, approx 750,000 worldwide. But it gets criticised and sniped at all the time, which is why we can 1/2
2/2 appear touchy. Imagine the language you speak with your mum and dad and kids being described as 'pointless' with a frequency I'm sure you would find surprising. Especially when it's used an odd political stick to beat us with ('if there were no Welsh language road signs we
My kids are in Welsh medium primary school. They're learning the language and growing up bilingually (an early years cultural & cognitive gain?). Among the rewards is that they are the first in several generations on their mum's side to speak the language of this country... /1
I am learning too (rather less effortlessly) and sure, I could be spending that time learning to code, to play tennis, or to watch box sets. But I am finding it a positive, mind stretching experience that gives me another dimension of understanding of the country I live in... /2
Ah but Zoe, YOU say it has low reward as your clinical system of measurement is so different to ours. This is the language of our country, a language of the deepest emotion and love, spoken by many and growing 
Bless you. Hope you enjoyed the rugby 
Well said Carol 
I wrote a book last year, and one of the chapters was about Welsh, the language I spoke at home and was educated in. Anyway. I’ve been told that this paragraph resonated with peoplepic.twitter.com/rmLXSPS3s4
Gweud y gwir elis!! Being bilingual s more than just language its about culture, understanding, connections and perspectives.
There are around 800,000 Welsh speakers and despite speaking Welsh 95% of the time for 35 years I doubt I’ve ever spoken to more than 1,000 of them. Using a language is not about how many speakers there are but being part of a community and culture where the language is spoken.
And, Heaven help us, Cymraeg is a global language too. Not at all insular. Who’d have thought?
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